Home › Words › S › sourballsourball/ˈsaʊɚbɑːl/sourball means A hard candy with a sour flavor.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sourball ranks #15,678 of 42,747 for Qualifying.sourball is pronounced /ˈsaʊɚbɑːl/.EtymologyFrom sour + ball.nounA hard candy with a sour flavor.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.sourish 65% match — Somewhat sour. vs sourball →sourer 62% match — That which makes something sour. vs sourball →jawbreaker 62% match — A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical. vs sourball →berlingot 62% match — A hard candy made from caramel, usually in pyramidal form. vs sourball →sourful 60% match — Characterised by sourness (all senses) vs sourball →gobstopper 60% match — A type of hard long-lasting candy, usually spherical in shape. vs sourball →gumball 59% match — Chewing gum sold as a ball usually coated with colored hard sugar. vs sourball →cornball 59% match — A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. vs sourball →